In the 19th century, fashion could be deadly: womens dresses and flammable fabrics caused fatal fires and everyday clothing often contained toxic substances now considered too dangerous to use. , Hat Victorian Europe was said to be bathed in green thanks to a newly developed dye called Scheele's green. Turns out the color was to die for in more ways than one. See The Price of Fashion Arsenic Green Tees Valley Museums Paris Green (Scheele's Green) was a wildly fashionable colour in the 19th century, used in clothing, wallpaper, fake flowers, hats. Sadly, it was also a highly toxic form of arsenic, which caused Went to visit the #oshawamuseum to see the 1860s killer arsenic dress. When chemical dyes were first developed, they didn't know this beautiful green would also turn your skin (and organs) a